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Planners still optimistic: MLC

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... expectation of increased demand from ageing Australians for advice to weather the market downturn. "We expect this healthy optimism is due to advisers anticipating increased demand for their services due to the ageing Australian population requiring ...

Brokers consider their options

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... almost a quarter of brokers said they considered ceasing to offer loan broking services in the past year. However some optimism within the industry remains, with more than 63 per cent of brokers expecting consumer demand for mortgage broking to increase. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... the broader All Ordinaries added 157.9 points, or 3.9 per cent, at 4098.7. NEW YORK - Wall Street surged on a burst of optimism Monday, on more signs of a reviving credit market and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Depression no more?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... that US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is planning to purchase equity directly from financial firms also generated optimism in the financial markets. European bourses posted their largest recorded single-day percentage rallies. The Dow Jones Eurostoxx ...

Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... Treasury/Federal Reserve's bail-out package. Relative calm returned to Wall Street and European markets overnight on renewed optimism that Congress will eventually pass the 'Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.' Equities rallied, albeit not ...

The good and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... increase lending activity. US firms and corporations and households are again able to access credit and, because of the optimism over the success of the US authorities' Troubled Asset Recovery Plan (TARP), have begun to raise the level of their borrowings. ...

One step forward, two steps back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... related to US housing market downturn and the credit crunch that ensued. This is a complete reversal of the market's optimism that followed the 'de facto' nationalisation of US mortgage giants -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - and supports our rumination ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... financial sector, while another drop in oil prices weighed on the energy sector. The latest unease punctured a sense of optimism about the financial sector which followed the US Government's decision over the weekend to seize control of mortgage lenders ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... pressures could further depress an already ailing economy. The rising US dollar also helped to suppress oil prices, boosting optimism as the euro fell under $US1.50 dollars for the first time since February. The Dow soared 302.89 points, or 2.65 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today as recent US optimism ebbed and oil reversed its recent decline. At 0732 AEST, the September share price index futures contract on the Sydney Futures exchange was 58 points lower at 4,917. ...